Improvement in machine for cutting vegetables



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WILLIAM 1i..A DUNN, or ALT'AoN, INDIANA.

Leners Pawn No. 102,666, zaad May, 3, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINEIIOR CUTTING VEGETABLES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the'same Be it known that I, WILLIAM It. DUNN, of the town of Alton, county of Crawford and the State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Machine for Cutting Cabbage and other Vegetables, for Croiit,

Ste.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a- This invention relates to an improved crout-outting machine; and

It consists in certain peculiarities of construction and operation as will be `hereinafter specifically desig-- natedand set foi-th' in the following specification and claim.

Similar letters of reference .indica-te identical parts in each of the gnres.

In the annexed drawings, forming a partof this specification-4 A is the gearing of the drive-wheel, having a gearwheel, b, driven by a crank a, the said gear-wheel meshing with the pinion b upon the vertical shaft f, which is driven by the driving parts jiist'explained.

This driving-gear is supported upon the bridge C, suitably secured to the casing E.

The wheel'B, carrying the knives h h, and cutter o, is supported upon the adjustable cross-bar 1'-, for the .ii-WM Q/Mey which the shavings pass.

purpose of enabling it to be removed and cleaned,

and is rotated by the drivingshaft f.

N N'represent the vthroats below the knives, through The box or `casinghl is round, to correspond with the circular wheel B, and has a top, C, provided with tivo hoppers D D, passing through and extending to theknives. y

The casing E is surrounded by a square box, F, to enlarge its base. 1 The operation is simple, and may be stated -as fo.-

The machine is placed over a suitable box or vessel, which acts as a i'eceptacle for the cuttings when the machine is fed through the `hopper D D, which discharges its cuttings through the throats N N as fast as cut.

For cutting crout short, attach-the upright knives o. For cutting it long, omit them.

Having thus described niyinvention, 7What I claim and desire to secure by Letters 'ab ent of the United States, is I The combination with the casing E, provided with one or more vertical hoppers D D, of the shaft f, wheel B, knives h 71,0, and the adjustable bar t, all being arranged to operate together, substantially in the manner herein shown and desciibed, and for the purpose set forth.

Titnessesz R. T. WILLIAMS,

NELsoN WILLIAMS.

WILLIAM R.-DUNN. 

